ISBN:
9781137562883
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (410 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Braber, Natalie Sociolinguistics in England
DDC:
306.440942
Keywords:
Language and languages-Variation
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Linguistic geography
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Sociolinguistics-Great Britain
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Language and languages-Variation
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Linguistic geography
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Sociolinguistics-Great Britain
;
Electronic books
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Abstract:
Intro -- Map of England -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: An Overview of Sociolinguistics in England -- Introduction -- Previous Work on Sociolinguistics in England -- Current Volume -- Future Direction -- References -- 2: Urban Literacies and Processes of Supralocalisation: A Historical Sociolinguistic Perspective -- Introduction -- Historical Sociolinguistics, Urban Literacies and Language Standardisation -- The Third-Person Singular Present Indicative: Variation and Change in Urban Depositions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3: Social Change, Linguistic Change and Sociolinguistic Change in Received Pronunciation -- Introduction -- Theoretical Preliminaries -- Standard Languages, Elite Sociolects and Language Change -- What's in a Name? -- Quantitative Empirical Studies of Phonetic Variation in RP Speech -- T-Glottalling -- Weak Vowel Variation -- Changes in the RP Short Vowel System -- Smoothing and Yod Coalescence -- /r/ Variation in RP -- Variation and Change in RP Over the Lifespan -- Attitudinal Studies of RP: Dialect-in-Discourse -- Sociolinguistic Change and Modern RP -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: The Changing Language of Urban Youth: A Pilot Study -- Introduction -- Research on Youth Language -- Research on Manchester English -- The Context -- A Description of the Language -- Vowels -- FOOT/STRUT -- GOOSE -- happy -- letter -- PRICE -- FACE -- MOUTH -- Other Linguistic Features -- Quotatives -- Words and Phrases -- Awareness -- Social Factors -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Identity -- Social Practices -- Moving Forward -- References -- 5: Stylisation and the Dynamics of Migration, Ethnicity and Class -- Introduction1 -- The Systems in Focus -- The Argument -- The Posh/Cockney Style Binary at Central High -- The Creole/Asian English Style Contrast in Ashmead
Abstract:
Comparing and Connecting Posh/Cockney and Creole/Asian English -- Globalisation and Social Class: Standard Multilingualism and Vernacular Heteroglossia/ Polylingualism -- References -- 6: The Perceptual Dialectology of England -- Introduction -- Perceptual Dialectology and Language Regard -- Language Regard in England -- Language Attitudes Studies in England -- Perceptual Dialectology Studies in England -- Studies, Respondents and Methods -- Patterns in the Perception of English Dialect Areas -- Proximity -- Cultural Prominence -- Claiming and Denial -- Characteristics and Evaluations of Dialect Areas -- Scouse -- Geordie -- Brummie -- Manc -- Cockney and London -- Characteristics of Rural Areas -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 7: Variation and Change in Varieties of British Sign Language in England -- Introduction -- The Deaf Community in England -- The History of BSL -- BSL in the Twentieth Century -- Sociolinguistic Variation and Change in English Varieties of BSL -- BSL Corpus Project -- Sites -- Participants -- Data Collection -- Lexical Variation and Change -- Region -- Age -- Gender -- Ethnicity and Religion -- Language Contact and the Lexicon -- Phonological Variation and Change -- Syntactic Variation and Change -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Language Change and Innovation in London: Multicultural London English -- Introduction -- Language Contact in London English, Ethnicity and Immigration -- Continued Effects of Language Contact and Non-UK Varieties of English and the Role of Friendship Networks in the Propagation of Linguistic Changes and Innovations -- The Linguistic Innovators Study -- Results -- The Multicultural London English Study -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: The Effect of Economic Trajectory and Speaker Profile on Lifespan Change: Evidence from Stative Possessives on Tyneside -- Introduction -- Data and Methods
Abstract:
The Change Under Investigation: Stative Possessives -- Changes in the Community and Across the Lifespan -- Conclusion -- References -- 10: Pit Talk in the East Midlands -- Introduction -- Coal Mining in the East Midlands -- Coal Mining and Cultural Heritage -- Language of the Mines-Pit Talk -- Methodology -- Results and Analysis -- East Midlands Mining Lexicon -- Food and Drink -- Danger -- Job Description -- Equipment -- Links to Above Ground -- Conclusion -- References -- 11: Studying Intonation in Varieties of English: Gender and Individual Variation in Liverpool -- Introduction -- Phrase-Final Rises and the 'Urban Northern British' Group -- Uptalk -- Sociophonetics of Intonation -- Analysing Intonation -- Summary and Research Questions -- Method -- Results and Discussion -- Characteristics of Liverpool Intonation -- Variation in Liverpool Intonation -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- 12: Peripheral Communities and Innovation: Changes in the goose Vowel in a West Cumbrian Town -- Introduction -- Previous Research -- Historical Background of goose-Fronting -- Sociolinguistic Background of Maryport -- Research Questions -- Sample, Interviews and Transcription -- Vowel Extraction, Lexical Coding and Normalisation -- Statistical Analysis -- Findings -- Multivariate Analysis -- Change in Apparent Time -- Linguistic Factors -- Social Factors -- Variation and Change in F1 -- Multivariate Analysis -- Change in Apparent Time -- Internal Factors -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 13: 'Doing Cornishness' in the English Periphery: Embodying Ideology Through Anglo-Cornish Dialect Lexis -- Introduction -- Previous Research -- Cornwall and Redruth -- lunch box in Redruth -- The Framework -- The Speakers -- Analysis -- Discussion -- The Social Function of crib box/croust tin -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Identity Questionnaire -- References
Abstract:
14: Residual Rhoticity and Emergent r-sandhi in the North West and South West of England: Different Approaches to Hiatus-Resolution? -- Introduction -- Dialectological Overview -- Phonological Overview -- Methodology -- The Sentences Task -- The Elicitation Task -- The Participants -- Transcription Procedure -- Results and Discussion -- Rhoticity (Tables 14.3 and 14.4) -- Linking-r (Tables 14.5 and 14.6) -- Intrusive-r (Tables 14.7 and 14.8) -- Rhoticity and Intrusive-r -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
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